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Re: Who's this using a Plath Coutinho Sextant
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2022 Jul 7, 10:02 +0200
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From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2022 Jul 7, 10:02 +0200
Only as an anecdote.
I was visiting Lisboa twice. Near the "Torre de Belém" and the "Monasterio de los Jerónimos" are the "Monument Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral" and the "Museu de Marinha". There are several Coutinho sextants.
To read:
Gago Coutinho and the Scientific Navigation:
Fair winds and following seas.